Monthly Archives: July 2010
Songyue Pagoda
Songyue Pagoda is situated in Songyue Temple in the south of Mount Song and at the foot of Taishi Mountain, where all is nestling among the mountains and in the folds of the forests and mountains, the spring water streams, and the birds twitter, making people there bathed in the scenery of serenity and grace [...]
Shanghai Maglev Train
In cooperation with the Shanghai municipality and the Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. (SMT), German Transrapid constructed the first commercial maglev railway in the world in 2002, from Shanghai’s Longyang Road subway station to Pudong International Airport. Commercial operation started in 2003 . The 30 km trip takes 7 minutes and 21 seconds and reaches [...]
Reigns of Wen & Jing
When the emperors Wen and Jing in the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-8AD) came into power, they went on with more moderate and humane policies carried by Emperor Gaozu. Historical records show that during their reigns the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD) prospered. Untroubled by wars or natural disasters, people lived in peace. This resulted in an increase [...]
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